Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:31 am
An indy horror film with box cover claims about it being the second coming of indy horror films or some shit. As usual, the box cover claims are horseshit.
Let me start off by saying that if you're a die hard horror or indy film fan, go ahead and check it out. There are a few quality moments, and even some "don't do this when making a movie" moments.
Everyone else can skip it.
The film follows a few high school students as they prepare for a typical high school weekend involving a party. Unfortunately for them zombies show up to ruin everything.
The zombies here are really inconsistent. They are as fast and as strong as they were while alive and they want flesh, but not badly enough apparently. Several scenes show zombies not eating or attacking when they are right next to a human. You could actually see the director's touches on scenes when they realized that they made the zombies too fast/strong: "Ok, we need this character to get from point A to point B, but he has no weapons and there are zombies in his way. Ok, zombies listen up! Just stand around and sway while the survivor runs past you." Shit like that is maddening to watch.
The movie is also hard to watch as the camera is erratic and has a lot of movement to it.
The storyline is also complete shit. Spoilers to follow:
Once again, the military is the bad guys. They are behind the zombies, but they didn't intentionally release them. The zombies got out by mistake, which is the funniest part of the movie. Where they were doing their research has zero security. Yeah Hollywood, the U.S. military does all their R&D work in unsecured locations where a plague that could wipe out all life in the U.S. can just walk out the door unnoticed. Unnoticed being key because nobody is ever alerted, not even the doctor in charge of the project. Stupid, stupid writing. This movie is full of logic holes and contradictions. Even worse, the movie ends with a "To be continued..." What the fuck is that all about?
Back to non spoiler stuff...
This continues my streak of bad films.
3 out of 10.
Let me start off by saying that if you're a die hard horror or indy film fan, go ahead and check it out. There are a few quality moments, and even some "don't do this when making a movie" moments.
Everyone else can skip it.
The film follows a few high school students as they prepare for a typical high school weekend involving a party. Unfortunately for them zombies show up to ruin everything.
The zombies here are really inconsistent. They are as fast and as strong as they were while alive and they want flesh, but not badly enough apparently. Several scenes show zombies not eating or attacking when they are right next to a human. You could actually see the director's touches on scenes when they realized that they made the zombies too fast/strong: "Ok, we need this character to get from point A to point B, but he has no weapons and there are zombies in his way. Ok, zombies listen up! Just stand around and sway while the survivor runs past you." Shit like that is maddening to watch.
The movie is also hard to watch as the camera is erratic and has a lot of movement to it.
The storyline is also complete shit. Spoilers to follow:
Once again, the military is the bad guys. They are behind the zombies, but they didn't intentionally release them. The zombies got out by mistake, which is the funniest part of the movie. Where they were doing their research has zero security. Yeah Hollywood, the U.S. military does all their R&D work in unsecured locations where a plague that could wipe out all life in the U.S. can just walk out the door unnoticed. Unnoticed being key because nobody is ever alerted, not even the doctor in charge of the project. Stupid, stupid writing. This movie is full of logic holes and contradictions. Even worse, the movie ends with a "To be continued..." What the fuck is that all about?
Back to non spoiler stuff...
This continues my streak of bad films.
3 out of 10.